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Steven Shell
- Age
- 26
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Number
- #59
- Born
- March 10, 1983 in Longview, TX, United States
- MLB debut
- June 22, 2008
- dbWAR
- .4 Regular season, 3 season(s)
- IP
- 5.0
- ERA
- 5.40
- FIP
- 4.90
- K/9
- 9.0
- FIP−
- 113 100 = avg
Steven Shell was a relief pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2009 he struck out 5 batters over 5.0 innings across 4 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 5.40 was 24.9% higher than the league average of 4.32. Stripping out defence, his 4.90 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 22.2% of swings (10.3% of every pitch he threw), walked 9.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His -0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2009 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | WSH | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 50.0% | .000 | -1.1 | -126 | -0.1 | — |
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .090 | 12.5% |
| vs RHB | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .385 | .429 | .769 | .511 | 28.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What Steven Shell throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Sinker | 61 | 88.1 | 2,039 | 41.0% | 20.0% | 13 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 21 | 74.6 | 1,767 | 38.1% | 0.0% | 4 | — | — | |
| Slider | 11 | 80.4 | 724 | 63.6% | 57.1% | 2 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.